Nursing and Healthcare Questions

The importance of person centred care in patient assessments
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Introduction: Question Discuss the importance of assessment in the nursing process demonstrating person centred care Answer Assessment is the first step in the nursing process and refers to the systematic method of...

Effect the ‘diabetic epidemic’ threatening the NHS could have on nurses
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Introduction: Question What effect could the ‘diabetic epidemic’ threatening to ‘overwhelm the NHS’ have on the nursing profession? Answer A headline in ‘i’, daily newspaper recently stated that the Nat...

How nurses support the emotional impact of reconstructive surgery
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Introduction: Question How can breast care nurses support the women experiencing the emotional impact of reconstructive surgery after breast cancer treatment? Answer In a recent article (The Times, 2016a), televisi...

Dealing with the increasing average age
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Introduction: Question How do we effectively deal with the increasing average age? Answer The UK’s progressive health care policy has led to a high quality of life for citizens of the member states over the past ...

Patients who blame their difficulties losing weight on their genes
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Introduction: Question What should nurses tell patients who blame their difficulties losing weight on their genes? Answer A recent article in The Daily Telegraph (Knapton, 2016) summarises the findings of a study p...

Preventing understaffing and supporting professional issues
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Introduction: Question How can we prevent understaffing and support professional issues in health and social care? Answer Managing disease and illness is just one facet of effective health and social care practice....

How can we improve care for vulnerable population members and prevent them from continuing to experience harm?
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Introduction: Question How can we improve care for vulnerable population members and prevent them from continuing to experience harm? Answer A range of recent reports in the UK have highlighted problems in health a...

Nurses preventing people taking medicines they dont need
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Introduction: Question How can nurses help prevent people taking medicines they don’t need? Answer Popular media GP, Dr Mark Porter, reports in The Times this week that millions of people are taking pills they do...

National/international hand hygiene policy
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Introduction: Question Why do you need a hand hygiene policy in a trust and how can a national/international hand hygiene policy affect it? Answer It is vital to have a hand hygiene policy in a trust because, accor...

Promoting equal access and service provision with existing imbalances
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Introduction: Question How can we continue to promote equal access and service provision with so many existing imbalances? Answer An ongoing challenge with regards to health and social care is the provision of equa...

Smoking and lung disease
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Introduction: Question Why can smoking cause lung diseases? Answer Smoking cigarettes significantly increases the risk of contracting a lung disease (Hanania and Sharafkhaneh, 2011). The human respiratory system co...

Should junior doctors be allowed to strike?
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Introduction: Question Should junior doctors be allowed to strike? Answer The question of whether junior doctors should be allowed to strike is a difficult one to answer as there are numerous arguments to take into...

How will rising mental health issues impact health and social care?
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Introduction: Question How will rising mental health issues impact the field of health and social care? Answer Decades of research with regards to mental health in the UK have begun to finally lead to substantial r...

Nutritional and health benefits of Buckwheat
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Introduction: Question Does buckwheat have any nutritional / health benefits over other grains? Answer Fagopyrum Esculentum (the botanical name of buckwheat) is a plant which is cultivated for its grain-like seeds,...

How can nurses safeguard patient confidentiality
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Introduction: Question How can nurses safeguard patient confidentiality in the wake of reports of National Health Service (NHS) computers being hacked, making patient records vulnerable to exploitation? Answer An i...

How do we continue to promote regional and global disease prevention?
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Introduction: Question How do we continue to promote regional and global disease prevention? Answer The spread of communicable diseases remains an ongoing global threat, and the UK is not immune to the rapid transm...

How have cultural and ethnic care perspectives toward health and social care changed as a result of globalisation?
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Introduction: Question How have cultural and ethnic care perspectives toward health and social care changed as a result of globalisation? Answer Globalisation has impacted society in many ways, with the UK becoming...

Prevention of antibiotic resistance
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Introduction: Question What is antibiotic resistance and how can it be prevented? Answer Antibiotic resistance (ABR) occurs when a bacterium evolves to develop immunity to the antibiotics designed to destroy it. Th...

Accountability In Nursing
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Introduction: Question what is your accountability as a newly qualified nurse regarding infection control? Answer Accountability within the field of nursing is addressed by the UKCC code of conduct, and covers a ra...

The difference between psychology and common sense
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Introduction: Question What is the difference between psychology and common sense? Answer One problem with comparing psychology with common sense is that ‘common sense’ is a bit of a moving target. At v...

How can we prevent understaffing and support professional issues in health and social care?
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Introduction: Question How can we prevent understaffing and support professional issues in health and social care? Answer Managing disease and illness is just one facet of effective health and social care practice....

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How can we continue to promote equal access and service provision with so many existing imbalances?
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Introduction: Question How can we continue to promote equal access and service provision with so many existing imbalances? Answer An ongoing challenge with regards to health and social care is the provision of equa...

Technology in evidence based health and social care practice.
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Introduction: Question How will technology play a role in shaping evidence based health and social care practice? Answer Recent news with regards to health and social care has been predominantly negative, highlight...

Promoting regional and global disease prevention
Example question. Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question How do we continue to promote regional and global disease prevention? Answer The spread of communicable diseases remains an ongoing global threat, and the UK is not immune to the rapid transm...